Dinner For Schmucks Kieran Quotes & Sayings

I don't know if I ended up siding with the academics just because I happened to end up in graduate school, or if I ended up in graduate school because I already secretly sided with the academics. In any case, I stopped believing that "theory" had the power to ruin literature for anyone, or that it was possible to compromise something you loved by studying it. Was love really such a tenuous thing? Wasn't the point of love that it made you want to learn more, to immerse yourself, to become possessed? — Elif Batuman

That, incidentally, gives me the greatest possible pleasure - the knowledge that we are all linked by our friendship with a group of fictional people. What a pleasant club of which to be a member! [from the preface; on writing for people around the world] — Alexander McCall Smith

Age is information failure. The body loses fluency. — Jeanette Winterson

And if your friends make fun of you for chasing your dream, remember - just lie. — Kathryn Stockett

Retribution for the death of comrades who had perished because they were sent to that death ... — Stanislaw Lem

Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75. - Benjamin Franklin — Bryant McGill

My innocent eyes are illiterate, teach them some mischief. They're complete idiots, teach them some signs. — Myself

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence. — Cesar Chavez

What is nobler than a man wresting and wringing his bread from the stubborn soil by the sweat of his brow and the break of his back for his wife and children! — William Morris Hunt

Make sure your subconscious knows you love it by stroking it until it purrs. — Teresa Sue McAdams

I may not have all the time I thought I had... — Daniel Keyes

The reality is the stakes are very high. If your industry is targeted or your company is sued in a class action, your legal costs will soar. — Jonathan Friedman

As an actor, I travel around a lot and live in a lot of hotels, and many times I've been in a town where the only entertainment to be had is what you find in the hotel bar or lobby. — Beau Bridges

The city guardsmen were like the keres, doom-bringers of merciless vengeance. — Janet Morris

The economy blows, or don't you read the papers?"
"Who reads the fucking papers? News is free on the internet. — Jonathan Maberry